HENDRICKS ELEMENTARY

HENDRICKS ELEMENTARY is a tiny elementary campus in HENDRICKS, Minnesota, part of HENDRICKS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 74 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 78% below the state mean of about 344.

HENDRICKS PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 244 students. HENDRICKS ELEMENTARY is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, HENDRICKS ELEMENTARY logs that nearly all students (82%) are White. Other groups include 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Lincoln County as a whole is about 95% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, HENDRICKS ELEMENTARY has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.7:1, putting HENDRICKS ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, HENDRICKS ELEMENTARY is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 43.3%; this one delivers 62.8%, a residual of +19.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lincoln County) records that median household earnings sit near $69,694, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Lincoln County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,063 students), of which HENDRICKS ELEMENTARY is one.

The closest other public school is Hendricks High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HENDRICKS ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 75 students in 2018 compared to 74 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 93% to 82%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 9.4:1 in 2018 to 6.4:1 in 2025.

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